Albert Hodges (1979) originally aired on September 24th, 1979 and shows coach Reeves conducting basketball tryouts and saying they have 4 weeks before the start of the season. He mentions how the team has gotten soft over summer vacation. However, the previous episode, On the Line (1979) that aired on September 17th, 1979, has the team starting off the season with 3 close games (going 2-1) that count towards the division playoffs. Therefore, Albert Hodges (1979) and On the Line (1979) were aired out of order.
S. Pearl Sharp is the first African American lady that Coach Reeves seems interested in dating.
This episode addresses/gets in the open particular things that would be considered racist today, and hence might have been then: like when Coach Reeves calls his team animals, which angers the title character, who's very knee-jerk about racism.